CMTE aCe coy [Bead this advertisement for a job as a TV make-up artist. Complete the magazine article below with the correct form of the present simple. Pa Lea A hard day at the studio. { famous people? of famous peo - an you do this? Sharon usually 1 gés_up clock. She a hates that! She 2 wat the film 4 am Get up. Studio at five AND 3 nen & COFFEE. She 5.am Arrive at the TV studio. Have a coffee. a ~one her Foom carefully. At six, she 5.10 Prepare the make-up room. , 5 the make up for the 6 am Do make-up for the newsreaders. Newsreaders and for the next five hours she 6.30-1 1.30 Work with guests on morning 6 with guests on morning TV TV shows. No time for a break shows. She 7 wns time for a break but 12 Have lunch with colleagues. at noon she 8..... lunch with 1 pm Order new make-up. Colleagues. After lunch she 2 pm or later Leave the studio. De new make-up, yaa eae She 10 snow the Apply to Megalth studio before two o'clock It’s a tiring job! (©) Now make some notes about your typical day and then write a short description of it. sually. act. as [E) Read this mobile phone conversation. Fill in the gaps with a verb from the box in the correct form of the present continuous. come come do get get leave read shout sit talk — wait Mandy: Dwayn? This is Mandy. Dwayn: Hi Mandy. Why aren't you here? What 1... (you) to this party? Mandy: 31 on the bus. Dwayn: What? Mandy: The bus has broken down. We 4 ww for another bus to come and take us to town, Dwayn: Oh, no.eee Mandy: Yes. Some of the passengers 5 Dwayn: 6 sss (Re) to them? Mandy: No, he 7 on to it now. The bus 9 angrily, but what can the driver do? a newspaper. Ah, here's the other bus. 18 sw... 110 sos €0 the party! (2) Here is part of a student's letter to a penfriend. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the present simple or continuous. Dear Pari 1 _. (T/be) a university student. As it’s holiday Hime nes, 2 sone a hotel. At the end of every term 3 (T/eome) back to. my home foun and 4 crennnsnsnnen T/ ge) a job in this hotel fo earn money 3 This summer .. (T/share) a room in the hotel with another girl 6 _.6T#/nct be) «3 comfortable a3 my parents’ house, but 7 (I/prefer) it, because 8 . (Inet want) to travel home late at night Sa this year 9 sae (T/save) mort. monty ard 10 (T/work) in (/get) more sleep. — a (© For each of these sentences, write another sentence with the same meaning. Use have got. house, edrooms, 1 There are five bedrooms in our house. 2 My head hurts. . . 3. Her hair is long and straight. 4 Is there a swimming-pool at your hotel? 5 I'm not rich. 6 Are there locks on these suitcases? 7 The doctor is too busy to see you today. (Underline the correct form of the verb. 1 know/am knowing this part of town quite well. ‘Amy has/is having very small feet. We go/are going on holiday with my grandparents every summer. My grandmother stays/is staying in my room this week so I sleep/am sleeping in the sitting-room. awn Do you understand/Are you understanding my situation? Can I phone you back in ten minutes? We have/are having breakfast at the moment. ‘These CDs helong/are belonging to my sister. Have you seen John’s email? He has/is having a great time in Tokyo. wu awD_ Exam practice Look at the Writing Part 2 task below. Write down some ideas for your answer. Use some of these words if you want. bed and breakfast. cafés. campsite hotel nightclubs restaurants shops sportshall tennis courts youth hostel (aac as Think about which tenses you will use to: describe where you are staying. write about the facilities. say what you do in the evenings. 1 When will you use the present continuous? 2 When will you use have gor? 3 When will you use the present simple? Now do the exam task below. Writing Part 2 You are on holiday in a seaside town. Write @ postcard to an English friend of yours. In your postcard, you should describe where you are staying say whet facilities the town has got tell your friend what you do in the evenings. Write 35-45 words.i Re C Grammar exercises [1 Read this postcard and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. HEN We 1 made. (mote) a trip te Brighten last weet. We Beecsmaene (visit) the Pavilion, and 3 (see) the preteenth century ttchen. Lim glad LE 4 anamnm (ret work) there in those days. the: dhing-rcom (be) my Fovanite room. We 6 Chane) coke the restanont, Hen we 7 (go) Far a walk by the. sea ond 8 eat) ste Fish and c's for limch. We 9 (gjend) the. afternoon shofing. We 10 snsomanee (Cd) semi Fam little shqs where we 11 (hay) some: rsa clothes. 12 « (ye11g0) anjuhere. teresting i the J ‘a a (©) Tanya and her brother Tony gave a party together. Use the information below and write sentences with the past continuous to show how they prepared for the party. [Meee vee ew eee yee CUO Ue Tanya — Teny | am make a shopping list email their Friends | pm buy the dries choose the music | Spm dy the house prepare the food 6 pm blow up the balloons _ decerate the rooms have a shower 1 Atten o'clock [anya was, 2. At one o'dock so oe ~ 3 At three O'CLOCK enn cu 4 Atsix o'clock 5. Atseven o'clock (©) Complete each sentence with a verb from Box A in the past continuous and a verb from Box B in the past simple. A climb cook dance stay © B burn discover meet _ fall study tidy work paint -play- see 1 T.wss..dances.. with my boyfriend when the disc jockey ..payé4.... our favourite song. 2 My parents .. in a restaurant when theyegy 31 grammar when I... 4 The chef spaghetti when he... ww his hand. 5 The artist in the South of France when She smn her most famous picture. 6 The scientist 7 We _.. his laboratory when he the wall when the gardener .. the new drug. Us. 2) Read this email and underline the best tense for each verb. Hi Bea ‘A funny thing 1 happened/was happening to me and my flatmates on Saturday. (On Friday night we 2 went/were going to the college party. There were some new students there and. ‘we 3 metiwere meeting someone called Lucas. We 4 invited/were inviting him to Sunday lunch. It was ‘a great party so we 5 didn’t go/weren't going home until three o'clock. Of course, we 6 ain't get/weren't getting up early on Saturday morning. At halt past twelve | 7 watched/was watching TV in my pyjamas, Marie 8 had/was having a shower and Wendy 9 read/was reading a magazine. Suddenly someone 10 rang/was ringing the doorbell. | 11 Jooked/was looking out of the window to see who was there. Lucas 12 stood/was standing on the step. | 13 went/was going to the door but | 14 didn't open/wasn't opening it. | said ‘Hello?’ and he said ‘Hello, I've come for lunch.’ Oh no! He'd got the wrong dayll We 15 got/were getting dressed in three minutes! Luckily we 16 had/were having enough food, and he ‘Seemed to enjoy it. How was your weekend? Love Annette [Read this newspaper article and put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, past simple or past continuous. An honest customer Yesterday Jon Atkins 1 (go) into Harpers’ Art Gallery at the end of the afternoon. He 2 (want) to buy a present for his mother. It 3 . (be) nearly closing time and owner Michael Harper (count) the money. Quickly Jon ..(choose) a small picture and Mr (wrap) it for him. (wait) for his bus, Jon (decide) to look at the picture again. In the parcel he 9 .. (find £500 in cash as well as the picture. He 10. (run) back to the shop. It was closed so Jon 11 (look) through the window. Michael Harper 12 (search) under the counter, and his assistants TB enssesnnseves (00K) in all the cupboards and drawers. ‘14 . (knock) on the - window and 15 (wave) the money at them’ said Jon. ‘I was so happy,’ said Mr Harper. ‘It's wonderful to know that there are honest people like Jon.’es = a D Exam practice Look at the Writing Part 3 task below. What tense is used in the first sentence of the story? Here are some sentences which can follow. Put the verbs into the correct tense. Aman 1 .4¢s.aking, (walk) slowly towards the café. He 2 ..... wu (carry) a huge box. Suddenly he 3 .. (stop) and 4 www (look) around him. A woman 5 (follow) him. He 6 .. (drop) the box and 7 (run) towards the café. Now think about your story. You can finish the story above or write your own story. Write down some ideas. Use these questions to help you: Who are the people in your story? What were they doing in the market square? What happened? How does your story end? Which tenses will you use? Now do the exam task below. Writing Part 3 Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: One day last week | was sitting in a café in the market square. ‘Write your story in about 100 words.